Secretary of State John Kerry gives a statement during a press conference with Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib, not pictured, following an international conference on Syria at Villa Madama, Rome, Feb. 28, 2013.

Three weeks after succeeding Hillary Clinton as U.S. Secretary of State, the long-time Senator and 2004 Presidential candidate left on a ten-day inaugural trip to the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. Kerry is getting no honeymoon: in Europe the electoral mess in Italy and continuing financial worries are the news; in the Middle East, the Syrian uprising remains a challenge.

Do not prosecute the scapegoats, prosecute the head criminal : Tony Haywood, investigate all those government officials in Justice Department who gave him permission to leave the country without any punishment.